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Rebek56 · 01-06-2013, 08:40 AM

Great photos, turttle! I wasn't able to get any pictures (I'm WAY too slow), but while we were on the Space Coast over the holidays, there were ospreys everywhere. I literally lost count.

dapjwy · 01-06-2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by turttle

Well, my elusive unknown bird refused to show up when my camera was out, but I had fun with my camera anyway! These were all taken through my not-so-clean kitchen window, but I am pleased at how my camera deals with glass. It is the first time I have tried this with this camera.

I hope it shows up for you.

Nice close ups. I take quite a few photos of birds through not so clean windows too...most leave me happy with the results.

turttle · 01-07-2013, 12:25 AM

Thanks! I had thought the grey capped red breasted woodpeckers were juveniles til I spent extra time with my field guide and realized they are females. I really need to clean the window, though...

BeeWonderful · 01-07-2013, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by turttle

Well, my elusive unknown bird refused to show up when my camera was out, but I had fun with my camera anyway! These were all taken through my not-so-clean kitchen window, but I am pleased at how my camera deals with glass. It is the first time I have tried this with this camera.

Those pictures turned out very nice! How close were these birds from the window?

turttle · 01-07-2013, 04:37 PM

About five feet, and I was sitting about five feet from the window in my favorite bird watching seat.

My elusive unknown bird continues to taunt me, leaving the second I move to get the camera and not returning. One of these days I will gets a mug shot of it!

turttle · 01-07-2013, 05:06 PM

I saw these in October on Little St Simons Island, GA, but never got around to posting them. Painted buntings...

Sage · 01-07-2013, 05:34 PM

A Pheasant very near the road where the nearby hunters can't shoot it. Good luck, beautiful bird!

turttle · 01-07-2013, 05:36 PM

Beautiful, Sage! I have never seen a pheasant. I heard once that they were introduced from Europe as game birds. Is that true? Even if, they are worth having for their beauty!

recurve · 01-07-2013, 05:53 PM

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Beautiful, Sage! I have never seen a pheasant. I heard once that they were introduced from Europe as game birds. Is that true? Even if, they are worth having for their beauty!

Ring necked pheasants were introduced from china over many introductions as a game bird. The first were actually a gift from the Chinese embassy to Thomas Jefferson if I remember correctly. They are well established in the grain belt Iowa, North, and South Dakota but most states rasie and stock them as a put a take resource. They origanally thrived east of the Mississippi in agricultural areas but the use of large scale row crops and the loss of hedgerows have cut down on there survival.

dapjwy · 01-07-2013, 06:22 PM

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I really need to clean the window, though...

I have to clean ours too!

01-06-2013, 08:40 AM	#181
Rebek56 Offical Silphium Abuser Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southeast Ohio	Great photos, turttle! I wasn't able to get any pictures (I'm WAY too slow), but while we were on the Space Coast over the holidays, there were ospreys everywhere. I literally lost count. __________________ "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." --Cicero ~http://rebeccas-window.blogspot.com/~

01-07-2013, 12:25 AM	#183
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Thanks! I had thought the grey capped red breasted woodpeckers were juveniles til I spent extra time with my field guide and realized they are females. I really need to clean the window, though... __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

01-07-2013, 04:37 PM	#185
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	About five feet, and I was sitting about five feet from the window in my favorite bird watching seat. My elusive unknown bird continues to taunt me, leaving the second I move to get the camera and not returning. One of these days I will gets a mug shot of it! __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

01-07-2013, 05:06 PM	#186
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I saw these in October on Little St Simons Island, GA, but never got around to posting them. Painted buntings... Attached Thumbnails __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

01-07-2013, 05:34 PM	#187
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Smart Pheasant! A Pheasant very near the road where the nearby hunters can't shoot it. Good luck, beautiful bird! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

01-07-2013, 05:36 PM	#188
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Beautiful, Sage! I have never seen a pheasant. I heard once that they were introduced from Europe as game birds. Is that true? Even if, they are worth having for their beauty! __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

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